Police investigate apparent stabbing

State and local police are investigating an apparent stabbing at a Marshall Street multifamily house where a 26-year-old man was rushed to an area hospital this afternoon.

Police said the victim, who appeared to have suffered a stab wound, was in serious condition.

Police blocked off a section of Marshall Street from both ends in front of 60 to 84 Marshall Street. They focusing part of their investigation on an area in the middle of the street which is lined by multifamily houses, as well as the basement of 80 Marshall St., where residents of the building were not being allowed back inside.

A witness who found the man said she was returning home just before 2 p.m. when she noticed what she thought was Ketchup in the yard and on the front door. She assumed children had been playing pranks with the condiment, until she noticed a man lying on his back on the porch.

"He looked up and I screamed," she said.

The woman said she called 911 and they told her to get some compresses to stop the bleeding. She said the man was dressed in only a pair of long pants and some socks.

"It was the scariest thing I ever saw," she said, adding that she didn't know the victim and had never seen him before.

A resident of 80 Marshall St. said he believed the victim had been stabbed outside his basement-level apartment. Neither he nor another resident of the building knew the victim.

A visibly upset man who came to the scene said the victim was his 26-year-old nephew. He left after saying police were not giving him any information.

Another neighborhood resident said police investigating a crime scene was becoming too common of an occurrence in the neighborhood.

"This is the third time yellow tape has been around my house in the past six weeks," she said. "It's getting annoying."